Comments on: 3D-printed "Death's Head Hawkmoth Skeleton" sculptures, inspired by The Silence of the Lambs http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ant http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1435403 Ant Sun, 27 May 2012 20:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1435403 That looks like an owl face on the skin. That looks like an owl face on the skin.

]]> By: RJ http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1432384 RJ Thu, 24 May 2012 13:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1432384  Right you are. It's a Salvador Dali image. I think someone here on BoingBoing posted about it.  Right you are. It’s a Salvador Dali image. I think someone here on BoingBoing posted about it.

]]> By: william shannon http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1432193 william shannon Thu, 24 May 2012 04:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1432193 ITS SO COOL. It leaks female hormones on whoever touches it. Then after a while it gets broken or discarded or maybe kept on a shelf till its owner fades away and Its true owner takes over for the rest of time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch  ITS SO COOL. It leaks female hormones on whoever touches it. Then after a while it gets broken or discarded or maybe kept on a shelf till its owner fades away and Its true owner takes over for the rest of time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch 

]]> By: Unconscience http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1432081 Unconscience Thu, 24 May 2012 01:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1432081 A close up inspection of the 'death's head' moth used for the poster of 'Silence of the Lambs' reveals that the moth's skull is actually the famous image of the naked women posing from Dali's 'In Voluptas Mors.' A close up inspection of the ‘death’s head’ moth used for the poster of ‘Silence of the Lambs’ reveals that the moth’s skull is actually the famous image of the naked women posing from Dali’s ‘In Voluptas Mors.’

]]> By: Rosin Ffield http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1432037 Rosin Ffield Wed, 23 May 2012 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1432037 Wow, pretty cool. They made bat-finger-like skeleton wings :D BTW, could someone on Boing Boing write about a science-fiction woman (Elizabeth Moon) bragging on think tanks and on BBC about how she dreams about ALL BABY newborns to be microchipped and barcoded with nazi-like ID number: http://www.prisonplanet.com/eco-fascism-bares-its-teeth-global-warming-alarmist-wants-to-barcode-babies.html Wow, pretty cool. They made bat-finger-like skeleton wings :D

BTW, could someone on Boing Boing write about a science-fiction woman (Elizabeth Moon) bragging on think tanks and on BBC about how she dreams about ALL BABY newborns to be microchipped and barcoded with nazi-like ID number: http://www.prisonplanet.com/eco-fascism-bares-its-teeth-global-warming-alarmist-wants-to-barcode-babies.html

]]> By: Joaquin Baldwin http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431996 Joaquin Baldwin Wed, 23 May 2012 22:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431996 Depends on how you want to look at it, the markings are not always the same, but in general they look like a skull with the jaw towards the abdomen. As far as that one picture goes, I never saw it the way you do until you mentioned it. Depends on how you want to look at it, the markings are not always the same, but in general they look like a skull with the jaw towards the abdomen. As far as that one picture goes, I never saw it the way you do until you mentioned it.

]]> By: Ultan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431962 Ultan Wed, 23 May 2012 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431962  This might look cool in black metal, too. Maybe do it on a wax jewelery printer and cast it in aluminum, then anodize it black? Or silver, with added flat surfaces so that all but the bones could be covered with black enamel? It would make a great brooch.  This might look cool in black metal, too. Maybe do it on a wax jewelery printer and cast it in aluminum, then anodize it black? Or silver, with added flat surfaces so that all but the bones could be covered with black enamel? It would make a great brooch.

]]> By: Ultan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431956 Ultan Wed, 23 May 2012 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431956  Honestly, the real moth looks like it has a sheep's face on it more than a skull. It's good to make a few tweaks in the art to make it look "right" rather than actually be anatomically accurate.  Honestly, the real moth looks like it has a sheep’s face on it more than a skull. It’s good to make a few tweaks in the art to make it look “right” rather than actually be anatomically accurate.

]]> By: Cody Augustus http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431951 Cody Augustus Wed, 23 May 2012 21:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431951  Some more trivia:  It's not even a skull on cover  Some more trivia:  It’s not even a skull on cover

]]> By: ArthurS http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431924 ArthurS Wed, 23 May 2012 21:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431924 maybe it is just my imagination, or does the 'real' moth in the top photo have an image of a skull that is facing forward, just like the moth itself? maybe it is just my imagination, or does the ‘real’ moth in the top photo have an image of a skull that is facing forward, just like the moth itself?

]]> By: robdobbs http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431913 robdobbs Wed, 23 May 2012 21:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431913 Why are the back wings on backwards? Why are the back wings on backwards?

]]> By: harpegnathos http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431855 harpegnathos Wed, 23 May 2012 20:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431855 Some trivia: the death's head moths from silence of the lambs were not real death's heads. The person in charge of the insects for the movie (Ray Mendez, credited as "moth wrangler and stylist") used a more common moth species and glued the death's head mask onto these other moths. Incidentally, he is also the person responsible for designing the movie poster for Aliens... Some trivia: the death’s head moths from silence of the lambs were not real death’s heads. The person in charge of the insects for the movie (Ray Mendez, credited as “moth wrangler and stylist”) used a more common moth species and glued the death’s head mask onto these other moths. Incidentally, he is also the person responsible for designing the movie poster for Aliens…

]]> By: Joaquin Baldwin http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431814 Joaquin Baldwin Wed, 23 May 2012 20:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431814 Thanks, but what do you mean with it being upside down? Thanks, but what do you mean with it being upside down?

]]> By: ArthurS http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431794 ArthurS Wed, 23 May 2012 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431794 ...very cool.... but, the skull is upside down on your model. …very cool…. but, the skull is upside down on your model.

]]> By: Joaquin Baldwin http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431782 Joaquin Baldwin Wed, 23 May 2012 20:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431782 I might make a few more... I was thinking that a cephalopod would look pretty awesome, but I want something that holds a more conceptual background (like the skull here). I might make a few more… I was thinking that a cephalopod would look pretty awesome, but I want something that holds a more conceptual background (like the skull here).

]]> By: chellberty http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431764 chellberty Wed, 23 May 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431764 When ever I saw that VHS cover at blockbuster as a kid it creeped me the hell out. When ever I saw that VHS cover at blockbuster as a kid it creeped me the hell out.

]]> By: ponzicar http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/3d-printed-deaths-head-haw.html#comment-1431765 ponzicar Wed, 23 May 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162667#comment-1431765 A moth with an endoskeleton. I like it.  I want to see more artwork exploring alternate biologies of real organisms. A moth with an endoskeleton. I like it.  I want to see more artwork exploring alternate biologies of real organisms.

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